An Australian webspinner species makes the finest known insect silk fibers.

Okada, Shoko; Weisman, Sarah; Trueman, Holly E; Mudie, Stephen T; Haritos, Victoria S; Sutherland, Tara D

Okada, Shoko; Weisman, Sarah; Trueman, Holly E; Mudie, Stephen T; Haritos, Victoria S; Sutherland, Tara D.

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Okada S; CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

Int J Biol Macromol ; 43(3): 271-5, 2008 Oct 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18619485

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Insect Proteins/chemistry; Insect Proteins/genetics; Insecta/genetics; Insecta/metabolism; Silk/chemistry; Silk/genetics; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Australia; Insect Proteins/analysis; Insect Proteins/ultrastructure; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Molecular Sequence Data; Silk/ultrastructure

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Insect Proteins / Silk / Insecta Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: En Journal: Int J Biol Macromol Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Australia

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